The day before their opening game, the Aztec Tigers put down their cleats and pick up gloves and shovels to help out the community that has supported them all of these years.
"Instead of enjoying the day off from school on the couch, Taylor and the rest of the Aztec High School football team paid it forward:
“Shovel out sidewalks and the streets and stuff, helping wash down sidewalks,” he said.
There was a lot of mud for the team to deal with on Main Street in Aztec, even encroaching on the Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village.
“You see some of them here, some are at the high school…there is not a football player that is resting today. They are out there helping the community,” said Aztec football coach Matthew Steinfeldt.
The team takes it as their mission to give back to the community that supports them.
“We know that when the time comes, we need to step up as well and perform as well,” said Steinfeldt.
And with inches of mud to move, they had their work cut out for them.
“It's better than school, I think,” said Taylor with a grin.
Aztec's season opener is Friday and you better believe there will be some grateful fans in the stands cheering them on.
“This is an opportunity for our boys to come out and show our community how much they mean to us,” said Steinfeldt."
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"Instead of enjoying the day off from school on the couch, Taylor and the rest of the Aztec High School football team paid it forward:
“Shovel out sidewalks and the streets and stuff, helping wash down sidewalks,” he said.
There was a lot of mud for the team to deal with on Main Street in Aztec, even encroaching on the Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village.
“You see some of them here, some are at the high school…there is not a football player that is resting today. They are out there helping the community,” said Aztec football coach Matthew Steinfeldt.
The team takes it as their mission to give back to the community that supports them.
“We know that when the time comes, we need to step up as well and perform as well,” said Steinfeldt.
And with inches of mud to move, they had their work cut out for them.
“It's better than school, I think,” said Taylor with a grin.
Aztec's season opener is Friday and you better believe there will be some grateful fans in the stands cheering them on.
“This is an opportunity for our boys to come out and show our community how much they mean to us,” said Steinfeldt."
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3890441.shtml
